Hardware Electrical Engineer, Fitbit

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 3 years of experience in consumer electronics/embedded system design
• Experience in a lab-based environment, prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, and manufacturing support
• Experience in circuit board level design engineering (e.g., chipset, memory, interface, power supplies)
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in consumer electronics/embedded design
• Experience in embedded systems, processor selection, various communication protocols, analog design, sensor design, low power system design, Cadence/Allegro, RF, and Printed Circuit Board (PCB)/Flex technologies
• Experience in working with OEM/ODM/JDM/CM partners
• Experience in high-speed design and standard RF/WiFi interfaces at chipset, baseband, and antenna integration levels
• Experience in system integration with software development from firmware through system level
• Understanding of the product development process for mass-volume production design, with focus on design for manufacturing and design for test
  
  

About The Job

Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can’t just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we’ve got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google’s services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world’s largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.

With your technical expertise, you lead projects in multiple areas of expertise (i.e., engineering domains or systems) within a data center facility, including construction and equipment installation/troubleshooting/debugging with vendors.

Fitbit’s wide range of innovative products, including smartwatches, trackers, and a smart scale, help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration, and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Coupled with our leading software and Fitbit Premium, our immersive platform experience delivers personalized experiences, insights, and guidance to support our users’ health and wellness. Fitbit’s mission has always been to help make everyone in the world healthier and now, as part of Google we’ll be able to make health even more accessible to everyone.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal teams to evaluate and select components and new technologies for next generation products based on product vision and end-user experiences
• Design, develop, and/or review wearable systems and sub-components from concept to mass production. Bring design to mass production by setting factory test requirements, assisting in software bring-up, traveling on-site to the manufacturer to ensure the design is built and tested
• Create system specifications and plan validation of designs. Lead complete functional verification, signal characterization, power modeling/test, and system coexistence testing
• Drive resolution of cross-functional issues including those related to architecture (performance, power consumption), production (quality, failure analysis, manufacturing), and development (schematic design and review, PCB layout, and system integration)
• Work with and manage suppliers/manufacturing partners to establish beneficial relationships for future designs
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .